Spree

Definition: Spree

Spree

Noun

1. A brief indulgence of your impulses.

Verb

1. Go on a spree and indulge, e.g., a shopping spree.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spree" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Note: Spree \Spree\, noun. [Compare to Ir. spre spark, animation, spirit, Gaelic spraic. Compare to Sprack.]. (Websters 1913)

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SPREE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Spree

Amusement

Play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, echappee, bout, espieglerie; practical joke; (ridicule).

Crosswords: Spree

German (spree), Manx (spree).

The boy should have bought some cookies when he went on that spending spree. (The Bernie Mac Show; writing credit: Marc Abrams; Michael Benson)

Three on a Spree (1961)

Tree Spree (1961)

Am grünen Strand der Spree (1960)

Spree Lunch (1957)

Casper's Spree Under the Sea (1950)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee (reference)

• Lone Wolf: True Stories of Spree Killers (Virgin True Crime) (reference)

• Spree (reference)

• Spree Killers (reference)

• The Magical Spree of Katie McGee (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Buffalo Spree (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Killing Spree (reference)

• Spree (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Crazy Spree (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Spelling Spree Grades 3-6 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "spree": be out on the spree ♦ go on a buying spree ♦ go on a shopping spree ♦ go on a spending spree ♦ go on a spree ♦ go on the spree ♦ shopping spree ♦ spending spree. Additional references.

Albanian

zbavitje (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, revel, sporting), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, sporting, tittup). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرح على نحو صاخب, ‏قضى وقتا ممتعا, ‏إنغماس (excess, indulgence), ‏إستمتاع (enjoyment, fruition, gust, gusto, relish), ‏إسراف في الشراب (boozing), ‏إبتهاج (acclamation, airiness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, ecstasy, exhilaration, exultation, festival, festivity, gaiety, joy, jubilation, lustiness, pleasure, rejoicing, sunshine). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шумна веселба (high jinks, rave, rave-up, razzle, razzle-dazzle, riot, shindig, whoop-de-do), гуляя (be on the razzle, feast, go to town, junket, paint the town red, revel, roister), гуляй (bat, bend, bender, binge, blowout, bout, bum, carouse, drinking bout, feed, jamboree, junket, racket, randan, rant, rattle, razzle, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, rouse, soak, tear, wassail), веселя се (frolic, junket, revel, rollick), пиянствувам (bib, boose, booze, bouse, drink, drinking, soak, tope), пиянство (alcoholism, crapulence, drink, drinking, fuddle, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intemperance). (various references)

Chinese 

狂欢 (binge). (various references)

Czech

veselí (amusement, cheerfulness, exhilaration, festivity, glee, jollification, merriment, mirth, rejoicing), pitka (bender, blind, carousal, high jinks, swill), flám (bust, razzle-dazzle). (various references)

Farsi 

میخوارگی , مستی (Drunk, Inebriety, Languor, Rut), نشاط (Alacrity, Esprit, Hilarity, Jazz, Merriment, Mirth, Vivacity), ولگردی وقانونی شکنی , سرخوشی , خوشی (Bliss, Cheer, Curvet, Delight, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jamboree, Jollification, Jollity, Joviality, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge), شوخی (Bob, Curvet, Fun, Game, Gig, Humor, Jape, Jest, Jink, Jocosity, Joke, Lark, Pleasantry, Prank, Quiz, Sport, Witticism). (various references)

Finnish

pirskeet (feast, wild blast), juomingit (binge, booze, drinking-bout), hipat (blast, celebration, fling, party). (various references)

French

réjouissance, indulgence, faire la fête, effervescence, boire beaucoup. (various references)

German

Spaß (enjoyment, frolic, fun, gag, jest, joke, lark, prank, sport). (various references)

Greek 

γλέντι (carousal, carouse, conviviality, festivity, jamboree, jollification, junket, junketing, lark, merry making, reception, revelry, shindig, shindy, wassail), γλεντώ (feast, junket, revel), ευωχία (carousal, wassail). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרזח (banquet, feast, revel, revelry), לבלות ב� עימים (have a good time), �"לול�" (celebration, feast, festivity, revel), בולמוס (mania, rage), סביא�" (bibbling, boozing, drinking, drunkenness, quaffing, tippling). (various references)

Hungarian

muri (bang, bean-feast, beano, bender, bingo, blow-out, do, jollification, junketing), dáridó (bat, batter, beano, bingo, dazzle, flare-up, gauds, jollification, razzle, revel, revelry, rollick), stikli. (various references)

Italian

baldoria (bacchanal, binge, carouse, good time, jamboree, jollification, merriment, merrymaking, razzle-dazzle, revel, reveling, revelling, revelry). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乱痴気�'ぎ . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ら�"ちきさわぎ. (various references)

Korean 

야단법석. (various references)

Manx

spree. (various references)

Pig Latin

eespray

Portuguese

patuscada (carousal, hellbender, kick-up, revel), pagode (pagoda, racket), pândega (carousal, fun, jollification, kick-up, revelry, rollick, whoopee), diversão (dissipation, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, excursion, fun, gaiety, game, jamboree, jollity, merriment, merry-making, pastime, play, recreation, revel, spoof, sport), bródio (feast, kick-up), bebedeira (bacchanalia, binge, drunkenness, fuddle, guzzle, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, libation, pickle, skinful, wassail), bacanal (bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchanals, carousal, debauch, orgy). (various references)

Romanian

sindrofie (frolic), zburdãlnicie (friskiness, frolic, gamboling, mischief, obstreperousness, prank, romp, sportiveness, wantonness), zaiafet (booze, feast, revel, spread), petrecere (amusement, at home, bacchanalia, blow out, bout, carnival, carousal, conviviality, diversion, do, entertainment, feast, festival, festivity, fling, frolic, gaiety, game, garden party, jamboree, jollity, junket, merry making, party), petrece (accompany, carouse, celebrate, end, feast, frolic, go with, happen, junket, live, make good cheer, pass, revel, spend, suffer, undergo), chiolhan (blow out, booze), chefui (booze, carouse, feast, go on the spree, junket, revel, tipple), chef (bacchanalia, banquet, binge, blow out, booze, bust, carousal, damp, debauch, do, drinking bout, fancy, feast, good cheer, libation, racket, relish, revel, spread, whim, wish), beţie la cataramã (booze). (various references)

Russian 

резвость (friskiness, frolic), веселье (cheer, festivity, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, hilarity, jamboree, jinks, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, merry-making, mirth, revel, revelry, shindig, shindy, sunshine, the bowl, tittup). (various references)

Scottish

daorach (intoxication, on the spree). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

velika aktivnost, pijanka (batata, binge, carousal, drinking bout, guzzle, wassail). (various references)

Spanish

parranda (carousal). (various references)

Swedish

upptåg (antic, antics, caper, cod, Dido, escapade, Frisk, frolic, fun, gag, gambol, high jinks, jinks, joke, lark, practical joke, prank, rag), festande (feasting, junketing, merrymaking, revelry). (various references)

Thai

การเที่ยว�"ื่มกินแบบหัวราน้ำ, การเล่นสนุกสนาน, ระยะเวลาการหาความสุขอย่างเมามัน. (various references)

Turkish

cümbüş (bash, bender, binge, blast, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, festivity, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, metal mandolin, racket, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, riot, saturnalia), alem (bat, bender, binge, blast, blind, blow out, booze, booze-up, burst up, bust, Buster, carousal, class of beings, condition, creation, entertainment, jollification, junket, kingdom, nature, orgy, party, potation, potations, razzle-dazzle, realm, revel, revelry, riot, rollicking time, state, universe, whoopee, world). (various references)

Ukrainian

гульня (bat, binge, bum, carousal, debauch, fuddle, hellbender, punch, razzle, razzle-dazzle, toot, whiz, whizz), бучні веселощі. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự chè chén lu bù (free living), sự ăn uống lu bù sự mua sắm lu bù, cuộc vui chơi miệt m� i. (various references)

Welsh

breci (wort). (various references)

rumbo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spree": sprees. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espee, espereme, Espero, espree, Espriu, Espry, iswprke, pree, Saree, separee, sepre, serree, Shree, siree, sirree, skree, skrue, spee, speeb, sperd, sperme, spery, splee, sprade, spraze, spre, spred, spreed, spreer, spret, sprete, spreve, sprif, sprige, spruve, sree, srei, sreo, sreu, Stree. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: peers, perse, prees, prese, speer.

-1 letter: peer, pees, pree, rees, reps, seep, seer, sere.

-2 letters: ere, ers, pee, per, pes, ree, rep, res, see, ser.

-3 letters: er, es, pe, re.

+1 letter: creeps, crepes, herpes, kreeps, lepers, perses, peruse, pester, peters, preens, preset, prexes, prezes, purees, repegs, repels, repose, rupees, sempre, serape, speers, spewer, sphere, sprees, vesper.

+2 letters: amperes, aperies, asperse, beepers, deperms, deposer, depress, elopers, empires, empress, emprise, epimers, erepsin, escaper, experts, expires, exposer, express, helpers, imprese, jeepers, keepers, leapers, leprose, openers, operose, pareses, peckers, pedlers, peelers, peepers, peeress, peeries, pelters, penners, penster, peppers, perches, perdues, perfuse, perries, pertest, perukes, perused, peruser, peruses, peskier, pesters, pestier, petrels, petters, pewters, piecers, pierces, pleaser, precess, precise, prefers, premeds, premies, premise, presage, presale, presell, present, presets, preside, pressed, presser, presses, prester, presume, pretest, previse, prevues, prexies, preyers, prisere, pugrees, pyrenes, rappees, reapers, recepts, recipes, relapse, reopens, repaves, repeals, repeats, repents, reperks, repines, replies, reposed, reposer, reposes, repress, reprise, repulse, reputes, reshape, respace, respade, respeak, respect, respell, respelt, respire, respite, respoke, retapes, retypes, scepter, sceptre, seepier, serapes, serpent, sleeper, speaker, speared, spearer, specter, spectre, speeder, speered, speired, speller, spelter, spencer, spender, spewers, sphered, spheres, spieler, spiered, spireme, steeper, stepper, supered, supreme, sweeper, tempers, threeps, vespers, weepers, yelpers.